Solanum stelligerum Sm.

Erect, sparingly clonal, woody shrub to 2 m, dark green, pubescent with stellate hairs; hairs sparse to absent on upper leaf-surface except along veins, dense on lower surface; prickles to 12 mm long, usually scattered on stems, less common or absent elsewhere. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic; lamina 3–7 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, sometimes larger, discolorous, entire or margin irregular; petiole 5–20 mm long. Inflorescence 1–10–flowered; peduncle to 2 cm long; rachis up to 2 cm long; pedicels 1–2 cm long, slightly longer in fruit. Calyx 6–8 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular, 3–6 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, 20–25 mm diam., pale lilac to almost white. Anthers 4–5 mm long. Fruiting calyx-lobes 7–8 mm long. Berry globular, 5–10 mm diam., bright red. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long, usually pale yellow.

Found on coastal sand dunes, in eucalypt forest andon rainforest margins. Grows mainly in sandy loam, dune sand and basaltic soil,occasionally in clay.